nativism
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nativism (countable and uncountable, plural nativisms)
- (chiefly US) A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
- 2021 November 21, Oliver Milman, “Climate denial is waning on the right. What’s replacing it might be just as scary”, in The Guardian[2]:
- If there is to be another iteration of a Trump presidency, or a successful campaign by one of his acolytes, the scientific denial may be dialed down somewhat while retaining the reflex nativism.
- The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
- (philosophy) The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
- (linguistics) A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.
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